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Hi, Everyone going to join the Homemade CNC Club

It is Time to build that 3D CNC Machine that have wanted and needed for VERY long time.

Some of the Goals


1 3D Art work Take a Picture and Mill it in Wood, Brass, Copper, Aluminum
2 One Year Build Time Line
3 Must mill Aluminum and some Steel light cuts
4 MUST DO Digitizing and looks like MACH3 will do the task
5 No Forklift so need to build one part at a time Just Like Johnny Cash Did One Piece At A Time. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWHniL8MyMM]Johnny Cash One Piece At A Time - YouTube[/ame]
6 Basement Build
7 Finish the south pointing chariot need Wheels made
8 PC case parts made
9 X,Y,Z for now and B Later on

With IMTS not that far off September 10-15, 2012 the amount of info and new ideas are almost to much went to show in 2000 and they had a mill that was Digitizing real not hard boiled EGGS and then would engrave IMTS 2000 and the machine name on the EGG THAT was SO SWEET !!! If we could do that VERY SURE that my hair will stand on end.

Still in the R&D stage and looking for info yet Looks like that there are 3 kinds

1 Moving Gantry one ball screw under table with cross bar
2 Moving Gantry with 2 ball screws
3 Rigid Gantry and Table moves

Thinking that the Rigid Gantry and table moves is the way for now.

The amount of INFO on CNCZONE and the web is almost to much and just when ya start to think this is the STYLE going to build ya find another one and Find it so interesting that ya shelf the old idea and think about the next. :idea:

Looking at doing the supported linear rails for movement in less would find a deal on linear rails.

Table Travel looking for 48" by 48" but cost may but that on hold and work with around 12" by 12"

Have some Alum Plate for base and table and Gantry on hand. Will Post some Pic's

Rapid Speed of around 200 ipm is more than fine. Count the times that a mill Rapids to a Point vs the amount of Milling time it takes. Rapid is about 1% of a Part Cycle Time. So many other things control cycle time vs Rapid Speed.

Stepper motors will be run with pulley 2:1 or 3:1 Ratio to gain Torque

Link to some of past projects that have made

http://www.hobbiezones.com - Parts Made


This Time Next year will be making things for the Xmas Tree !!!!


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Looks like Base will be 1/4 Plate of Aluminium 22" by 29" . That will get some Rails installed on sides to make plate very rigid.

Sides of Gantry made some 3/4 by 8" Aluminium.

Now bolts have a bunch of Grade 8 bolts that should hold things.

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Was able to get a location of Build site WE Back in the Old Mill Location Size is 14 by 17 wish it was a little bigger. That would just make more room for unwanted stuff and not any need for it. The 100 by 100 garage is just not going to get built any time soon.

Not Sure if going to install walls or just what the plan will be. The Floor and walls will need a GREAT clean job and then epoxy paint or use drylock again when ya apply that stuff ya need to get to bare concrete. Found that out the hard way stuff worked out great for a few years but from the looks we need a new plan.

Any ideas on what to repaint the Floor and Walls with that will Last ??






How the Shop looked like 10 Years ago.




Some of the parts that made on the Old Mill Drill was a good machine but when needed to Drill, Crank the Head up and with the round column you would not keep X , Y location.



Billet RC gas Tank made out of 4" by 4" by 4" T-6 Alum it was a PAIN to carve the center out of it on that Mill and LONG endmill But in the end turned out Great.







Billet Rear pod for a Gas Pan Car that was a Fun Project.



Bow Sight



And WHO dont need a BILLET DOOR HANDLE ???



Thanks for any info on what to repaint the Floor and Walls with that will Last ??